Venetian slat



Aug. Z4, 1948.

J. R. MARSTON VENETIAN SLAT Filed Feb. l5, 1946 ATTE! RNEYB Patented Aug. 2,4, 1948 UNITED STATES @TENT OFFICE 3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to improvements in slats for Veneti-an blinds andthe primary object of the invention is yto provide a slat .that can be easily removed for cleaning.

Another object of the invention i-s to provide a slat which by its construction will save material that in the construction of conventional slats has had to be discarded.

With the above and other objects and advan tages in view the invention consists of the novel details of construction, arrangement yand combination of parts more fully hereinafter described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational View of an embodiment of the invention as applied to a ila-t slat.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detailed view of the connecting means for the slat.

Figure 3 is an end view of a flat connector.

Figure 4 is -a sectional View on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a modified form of the invention as applied to a curved slat and Figure 6 is an end view ofthe curved connector.

Referring more in detail to the drawing the reference numeral I0 designates the main body of the slat which is of conventional breadth and thickness but in length terminates intermediate of but adjacent .to :the control cords I2.

To permit the slat to be removed from the cords I2 a connector I4 is positioned on the opposite ends of the slat I0 and retained thereon by punched indents I5.

'I'he connector I4 is made from a flat piece of springy material which is bent lto conform to the shape of the slot and the meeting edges thereof brazed or soldered as the material warrants.

The connect-or I4 is provided with the convention-al elongated slot I8 which receives Ithe control cords I2 and extending from the slot I8 in 'oppositely curved directions are the jaws 20 which due to the spring tensioned nature of the material from which the connector is made will incline toward each other as shown in Figure 3.

The jaws 20 are oppositely positioned with relation to each other and perform -a clamping effect on the end Pieces or inserts 22 which are uniform in breadth and width to slat Il] and of a length to make the composite slat the length of a conventional slat, i. e., depending upon the width of :the window for which the blinds are made, since it is well known -that blinds are made for widths of windows of various sizes.

The inner end of the pieces or inserts 22 are provided with the half slot 24 and the abutment shoulders 26 which contact the end of the slat I0 within the connector I4. The slot 24 will when in position conform to the slot I8 and `a slat will be formed that is of conventional length and not too much unlike the conventional slat.

In Figures 5 and 6 the construction as previously described, prevails except that slat 2E is curved in cross section as are the end pieces 32 and the connector 28 is shaped to conform to the curved slat and the indents 30 Iare on the face and undersurface rather than the edge surface as shown in Figure 2.

It is believed 4that the construction of the invention as Well as its operation will be obvious to those skilled in the art since removal of the end pieces 22 will permit the entire slat .to be removed for cleaning without dismantling the blind as is the usual procedure andthe ends can be made of scrap material which in the past has had to be discarded since such material was not of the desired length to make a blind.

It is to be understood that changes in the details of construction, arrangement and combination lof parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising a composite slat having .a main body and end pieces and a connector for removably connecting said end pieces to said main body, an elongated slot in said connector to receive control cords for said slat, said body and end pieces being joined in end to end relation, .and said end pieces each formed at its joined end with a half slot to conform with the slot in the associated connector, and abutment shoulders on said end pieces adapted to engage the end of the main body withinthe connector.

2. The invention as in claim 1 wherein said slat y is curved in cross sec-tion and the connector is REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,017,210 Kirsch Oct. 15, 1935 2,073,016 Kirsch Mar. 9, 1937 

